Editing Rize (section)

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{{Infobox Turkey place
| type                 = municipality
| name                 = Rize
| other_name           = 
| image_skyline        = {{multiple image|total_width = 270px|perrow = 1/2/2/2|border = infobox
| image1 = Panorama of Rize.jpg
| image2 = Georgian Laz people monument in Rize (Modern Day Turkey).jpg
| image3 = Entrance of the Castle of Rize, Rize, Turkey.JPG
}}
| image_caption        = Clockwise from top: View of Rize, Arch [[Fırtına River bridges|bridge]] across [[Fırtına River|Firtina River]], [[Rize Castle]], [[Kaçkar Mountains|Kaçkar Mountains National Park]], [[Kız Kulesi, Rize|Kiz Kulesi]], Laz monument in Rize, Pokut Yaylası.
| image_shield         = 
| coordinates          = {{coord|41|01|29|N|40|31|20|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| province             = Rize
| district             = Rize
| leader_party         = [[Justice and Development Party (Turkey)|AKP]]
| leader_name          = Rahmi Metin
| area_footnotes       = 
| area_total_km2       = 3920
| elevation_m          = 
| population_footnotes = <ref name=tuik/>
| population_total     = 119828
| population_as_of     = 2021
| postal_code          = 53000
| area_code            = 
| website              = {{url|http://www.rize.bel.tr/}}
| blank1_name          = [[Köppen climate classification|Climate]]
| blank1_info          = [[Humid subtropical climate|Cfa]]
| image_logo           = }}
'''Rize''' ({{IPA|tr|ɾi'ze}}; {{langx|el|Ριζούντα|Rizoúnta}}; {{langx|lzz|რიზინი|Rizini}}; {{lang-ka|რიზე|}}; {{langx|hy|Ռիզե}}) is a coastal city in the eastern part of the [[Black Sea Region]] of Turkey. It is the seat of [[Rize Province]] and [[Rize District]].<ref name=il>[https://www.e-icisleri.gov.tr/Anasayfa/MulkiIdariBolumleri.aspx İl Belediyesi], Turkey Civil Administration Departments Inventory. Retrieved 30 January 2023.</ref> Its population is 119,828 (2021).<ref name=tuik>{{Cite web |title=Address-based population registration system (ADNKS) results dated 31 December 2021|url=https://www.tuik.gov.tr/indir/duyuru/favori_raporlar.xlsx |access-date=30 January 2023|publisher=[[TÜİK]]|language=tr |format=XLS}}</ref> Rize is a typical Turkish provincial capital with little in the way of nightlife or entertainment.{{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} Since the border with Georgia was opened in the early 1990s, the Black Sea coast road has been widened and the town is much wealthier than it used to be. Current Turkish President [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan]]'s family has its roots in Rize and the [[Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University|local university]] is named after him. The city is linked by road with [[Trabzon]] (41&nbsp;miles [66&nbsp;km] west), [[Hopa]] (55&nbsp;miles [88&nbsp;km] east on the [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] border, and [[Erzurum]] (south). The [[Rize–Artvin Airport]] started operating in 2022.